Friday, August 26, 2005
Investigation of Organ Trafficking in BiH!
via Mario's Cyberspace Station:
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: Investigation on Human Organ Trafficking under Way
2005-08-26 17:19:11
The Prosecution Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina started an investigation for suspected human organs trafficking, after receiving information from hospital sources on alleged involvement of several doctors from Bihac in the crime.
The Prosecution found that in November 2004, a case of extraxting a kidney of a 21-year-old man from Velika Kladusa was reported in a Bihac's hospital, says the newspaper "Nezavisne Novine". The management of the hospital told the man's parents that their son's kidney has to be removed, since a tumorous tissue on the organ was diagnosed.
Several months after the removal, the investigative bodies could not trace "the deseased organ", and no records on the case existed in the hospital archives.
At the same time, the Pathology Department sent a notification, saying that they never received the kidney for analysis.
Hospital sources claim that similar occurences already took place in the region, and the doctor who extracted the man's kidney had ties with the biggest human organs trafficker in the Czech Republic.
A special working group of the Bosnian Interpol branch will join forces with Europol to set out an investigation on human organs trafficking in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
www.seeurope.net
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This goes beyond a little corruption. I do know that sometimes doctors expect small bribes from their patients, not just in BiH, but in Croatia. This is also contrary to medical ethics, but this is waaaay beyond the pale. It would not terribly outrage me if peasants with pitchforks and torches showed up and did what the Balkans is so famous for to this doctor and any like him.
I'm pretty much against transplant technology anyway. It strikes me as not right to lessen one person's over all health to either save the life of or improve the health of another. This incident only hardens my opinion against transplantation.
I don't hold this opinion out of religious conviction. To be honest I'm not all that religious. I hold this opinion more out of the concern that people not be abused as the poor young man and his parents were in this incident.
I am studying for a position in the health care field, the power of medical people is terrifying, and it is vital that medical people be of as high moral calibre as possible. It is a terrifying level of responsibility.
On the up side, it looks like in some ways the system worked. The guy was found out because there was a Pathology Department, and they said 'hey we didn't get the kidney.
As for this doctor and any friends of his, well I'm all for the death penalty in such situations!
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: Investigation on Human Organ Trafficking under Way
2005-08-26 17:19:11
The Prosecution Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina started an investigation for suspected human organs trafficking, after receiving information from hospital sources on alleged involvement of several doctors from Bihac in the crime.
The Prosecution found that in November 2004, a case of extraxting a kidney of a 21-year-old man from Velika Kladusa was reported in a Bihac's hospital, says the newspaper "Nezavisne Novine". The management of the hospital told the man's parents that their son's kidney has to be removed, since a tumorous tissue on the organ was diagnosed.
Several months after the removal, the investigative bodies could not trace "the deseased organ", and no records on the case existed in the hospital archives.
At the same time, the Pathology Department sent a notification, saying that they never received the kidney for analysis.
Hospital sources claim that similar occurences already took place in the region, and the doctor who extracted the man's kidney had ties with the biggest human organs trafficker in the Czech Republic.
A special working group of the Bosnian Interpol branch will join forces with Europol to set out an investigation on human organs trafficking in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
www.seeurope.net
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This goes beyond a little corruption. I do know that sometimes doctors expect small bribes from their patients, not just in BiH, but in Croatia. This is also contrary to medical ethics, but this is waaaay beyond the pale. It would not terribly outrage me if peasants with pitchforks and torches showed up and did what the Balkans is so famous for to this doctor and any like him.
I'm pretty much against transplant technology anyway. It strikes me as not right to lessen one person's over all health to either save the life of or improve the health of another. This incident only hardens my opinion against transplantation.
I don't hold this opinion out of religious conviction. To be honest I'm not all that religious. I hold this opinion more out of the concern that people not be abused as the poor young man and his parents were in this incident.
I am studying for a position in the health care field, the power of medical people is terrifying, and it is vital that medical people be of as high moral calibre as possible. It is a terrifying level of responsibility.
On the up side, it looks like in some ways the system worked. The guy was found out because there was a Pathology Department, and they said 'hey we didn't get the kidney.
As for this doctor and any friends of his, well I'm all for the death penalty in such situations!
# posted by Katja R. @ 9:58 AM 
